Inside Anbau’s retail-to-condo transformation on UES

From left: Renderings of facade and living room at 155 East 79th Street

Once home to a candy shop, the retail space inside a marble building on the Upper East Side has been rebuilt from the ground up as duplex condominiums by development firm Anbau Enterprises.

Currently under construction are seven four- to five-bedroom units, including a masionette and a penthouse, at 155 East 79th Street. The BKSK Architects-designed apartments, ranging from 3,300 to 4,500 square feet, will be priced anywhere from $8.9 million to $18 million when sales launch later this spring.

Thus far, the developer has taken out three separate loans totaling more than $30 million for the development, according to property records. The apartments will be ready for occupancy in early 2015, Curbed reported.